Red Dead Redemption 2 lead cast members share their inspirations and favorite moments

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, several lead actors from the massive cast behind Red Dead Redemption 2 discussed the film and real-life inspirations that contributed to their characters, as well as some of their favorite moments from the game’s five-year production cycle. Roger Clark, who plays protagonist Arthur Morgan, said film actors like Toshiro Mifune (of Seven Samurai fame) and John Wayne influenced his performance. Interestingly, he explained that he felt Clint Eastwood’s character in Man With No Name was too stoic for Arthur. He also pointed to Rob Weithoff’s performance as John Marston, the protagonist in the original Red Dead Redemption. “One thing that Rob taught me, even before I met him, as a matter of fact, was that I had a very slim chance of being able to recreate what Rob did with John Marston,” Clark said. “It’s too perfect, it’s too unique. I was going to have to do my own thing. If I tried to recreate that in any way, shape or fashion I don’t think I would have succeeded.” Weithoff, who returned to play a younger version of John, said his performance this time benefitted from his childhood interactions with his older sister and her friends. “She’s three years older than me,” he said, “so when she was a senior I was a freshman and, of course, all her friends were the guys that I looked up to. I always wanted to be really cool like them but I never knew how…. [Read full story]